William Sanderson Coulthard (December 29, 1923 – December 18, 2005) was a Canadian

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player who competed in the

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. He was born in

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. Coulthard was a member of the Tillsonburg Livingstons basketball team which won the Senior Canadian Championships in 1952 and made up the bulk of the 1952 Canadian Olympic basketball team in Helsinki.University of Windsor Alumni Sports Hall of Fame
; accessed July 8, 2017. The Canadian basketball team was eliminated after the group stage in the 1952 tournament. He played all six matches. In 2013, he was inducted into the Canada Basketball Hall of Fame.Canada Basketball Hall of Fame; accessed January 17, 2018.
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ProfileObituary, Windsor Star, December 20, 2005Jeff Tribe, "Coulthard 'class' of 2013", Tillsonburg News, May 21, 2013Jeff Tribe, "Honouring Bill Coulthard", Tillsonburg News, January 13, 2014Jeff Tribe, "Bill Coulthard in good company", Tillsonburg News, February 25, 2014
1923 births 2005 deaths American emigrants to Canada Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Canadian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Canada Basketball players from Buffalo, New York {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub